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X-Plane

With the Memorial Day holiday weekend almost here, the FS Pilot Shop announces its big sale, extending to over 40 publishers and hundreds of products. Now is the time to stock up on some great flight simulator products for 2018.

The latest update 10.8.0 to the X-Plane 10 Mobile flight
simulator from Laminar Research is now available. It includes a redone Boeing 747-400 with interactive cockpit, PBR reflections, better iPhone X support and fixes.

The F33A Bonanza is the latest release for X-Plane 11 from Carenado. It features engine dynamics especially designed for XP11 and flight and ground handling also optimized for XP11. There are five HD liveries, full PDF documentation and more more included.

The PC12 from Carenado is a speedy single-engine turboprop designed specifically for X-Plane 11. It comes with six liveries plus a blank texture for repainters, special engine dynamics, flight and ground handling optimized for XP11, physically based rendering (PBR) materials and textures throughout and more. Reviewer Rohan Nair really liked the PC-12, finding it visually satisfying and functionally realistic.

Taburet expands their line of X-Plane 11 mesh with Mesh XP Switzerland, now available at the FS Pilot Shop. MeshXP Switzerland is compiled using high resolution elevation models of 20 m. The models were compiled after extensive editing to further improve scenery quality and terrain resolution. It can be used on its own or underneath photorealistic scenery. The mesh use default overlays and Osm hydrology data.

Just Flight, in partnership with Thranda Design, announces the C152 for X-Plane 11. Following on from their critically acclaimed Arrow III and Turbo Arrow III/IV for X-Plane 11, this highly detailed simulation of the C152 is being developed by Just Flight's in-house team following comprehensive, hands-on research with a real-life C152, G-BGAE, based at Conington Airfield.

Florida calling! Fly into Daytona Beach International XP, take a spring break at the beach or watch the race at the adjacent speedway track. This new scenery from Aerosoft for X-Plane 11 features a detailed version of Daytona Beach International Airport. It also includes the famous Daytona International Speedway and Lafayette Landings Airport.

In this interview we speak with Matt Fox, the person behind the X-Plane Orthophotos Project. The project consists of high quality orthophotos combined with 3D overlay data from the HD Mesh Scenery Project by Alpilotx and the best available elevation data from the USGS. The result is scenery you have to see to believe.

The EV-55 Outback is a new twin engine turboprop from Czech aircraft manufacturer Evektor. It is now available for X-Plane pilots from Auctus Delineations. It comes with cargo and passenger interiors, five liveries, accurate flight model, fully functioning cockpit, working doors, a paint kit and more. Reviewer Sean McLeod found it to be altogether a very enjoyable experience.

Orbx has come to X-Plane, with the release of the iconic KCGX Merrill C. Meigs Field. Though no longer present in the real world, Meigs Field has great memories for many flightsimmers who started with earlier versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Reviewer Stuart McGregor is greatly impressed with the Orbx version of Meigs Field and glad to see them entering the field of X-Plane scenery.

MeshXP USA East 2 for X-Plane from Taburet is compiled using 30 m resolution elevation models. It uses highly detailed hydrological data to rebuild completely the hydrological scenery to very high detail. It can be used on its own or underneath photorealistic scenery.

Now available for X-Plane 10 and 11 at the FS Pilot Shop is the DHC-2 Beaver from SoulMade Simulations. The Beaver is the ultimate bush plane. It comes in regular, bush and water versions and can be configured for passenger, pax/cargo mix or cargo cabins.